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feor-land

(n.)
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feor-land, -lond.
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Geácsode se foresprecena wræcca on feorlandum þæs hálgan weres forðfóre, Guth. 94, 2. Add:

fer-lét

Similar entry: for-lǽt

folc-land

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Gif se cyning mínum suna geunnan wille ðes folc-londes tó ðǽm bóclonde, ðonne habbe and brúce, C. D. ii. 120, 35. Cyninges folcland, 65, I. Add

fræfel-líce

(adv.)
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Substitute: Cunningly, craftily; wantonly Fræfellíce (frefelíce sollerter, astute, Hpt. Gl. 479, 75), gleáwlíce sollerter, An. Ox. 3131. Freulíce (fræflíce, Hpt. Gl. 405, 50) sollerter, curiose, I. Frefelíce hiene gesóhte seó cwén mid þrím hund wífmonna

fram-lád

Grammar
fram-lád, v. from-lád
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in Dict

for-liden

(adj.)
Grammar
for-liden, adj.

Much-travelled

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Much-travelled, that has travelled far and wide Se ilce Nathan wæs forliðen (cf. gelyðen, 26, 13), þæt hé wæs gefaren fram ǽlcen lande tó óðren, and fram sǽ to sǽ, swá þæt hé hæfde ealle eorðe gemǽren þurhfaren, St. A. ix. 11

for-liden

shipwrecked

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shipwrecked

Franc-land

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Ðeós wyrt byþ cenned in Gallia, ꝥ is on Franclande, Lch. i. 238, 13: Hml. Th. i. 560, 7: Hml. S. 28, 2: 26, 240. Add

freó-lác

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might be feminine

ge-léf

(adj.)
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weak Geleófe yldo aetate prouectae Bd. 3, 8; Sch. 222, 1. (?)

Linked entries: léf ge-leóf

ge-land

(n.)
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ge-les

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Þis gewin and þyssum gelic (þis gelis ? cf. 5, 7; Sch. 585, 1 where gelice and geliese are two readings), þeós gémen þé wæs, and þis þú hyrde dydest hic labor, hoc studium, haec tibi cura, hoc pastor agebas, Bd. 2, 1; Sch. 108, 14. Hé barn in gelise (

geoc-led

(n.)
Grammar
geoc-led, geoc-let, geoc-leta
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a yokelet (an old Kentish name for a small farm, D.D.) Mediam partem unius mansiunculae, id est án geocled ubi ecgheannglond appellatur, Txts. 455, 4. Án ioclet, C. D. i. 249, 20. In loco ubi ab indegenis ab occidente Kasingburnan appellatur demediam

geréf-land

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Substitute: Land held by a reeve þa mǽde þa ge-byrað tó ðám geréflande, C. D. B. i. 544, 1

fur-lang

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Add: as a lineal measure, originally 'the length of the drive of the plough before it is turned,' usually 40 rods, the eighth of a mile Of ðone forda úp on ðá ríðe án furlang wið súðan ðá cyrican; andlang ríðe, C. D. vi. 1, 25. Of ðǽre ealdan díc on

gedál-land

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Add: Dole-land, common land in which various persons have portions indicated by land-marks. v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm. c. iv Ðás nigon hída licggeað ongemang óðran gedállande, feldlǽs gemáne and mǽda gemáne and yrðland gemǽne, C. D. vi. 39, 9. Cf. dál-mǽd

Linked entry: ge-dǽle

gilp-líce

(adv.)
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Add: arrogantly Gilplíce arroganter Wrt. Voc. ii. l, 21. Gylplíce jactanter Scint. 35, 4, 5 : An. Ox. 954

ham-land

(n.)
Grammar
ham-land, es; n.
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Enclosed pasture land Is þæs londes þridde half híd þe Óswold selð Cynelme tó bóclonde swá hé hit him ǽr hæfde tó forlǽten tó lǽnlonde ǽgðær ge on earðlonde ge on homlonde, Cht. E. 208, 11

heáfod-land

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Take here hafud-land in Dict., and add: [v. land; ] Of ðǽre stréte on ðá díc ðe scýt tó ðám heáfodlande; ðonne on westhealfe ðæs heáfodlandes, C. D. v. 275, 17-19. Tó þám heáfodlonde, iii. 384, 32. Of þǽm wege á be þǽm heáfodlande; ꝥ eft in ꝥ óþer heáfodlond

heáh-land

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-land, es; n.
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High ground: — Heáhlond stigon sibgemágas (Abraham and Isaac) on Seone beorg, Exod. 385